Fiona Maddocks (Classical Music Critic - Observer)

Broschiertes Buch

Hildegard of Bingen

The Woman of Her Age

Beschreibung

Best known as a fine composer, the twelfth-century German abbess Hildegard of Bingen was also a religious leader and visionary, a poet, naturalist and writer of medical treatises. This book paints a portrait of her extraordinary life against the turbulent medieval background of crusade and schism, scientific discovery and cultural revolution.

Autor

Fiona Maddocks is the Classical Music critic of the Observer. She was founder editor of BBC Music Magazine and chief arts feature writer for the London Evening Standard, and has written for numerous other publications. She is the author of Hildegard of Bingen: The Woman of Her Age (Faber), Harrison Birtwistle: Wild Tracks - A Conversation Diary with Fiona Maddocks (Faber) and Music for Life (Faber)

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Faber & Faber, London
• Main
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 130mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 293g
• ISBN-13: 9780571302437
• ISBN-10: 0571302432
• Artikelnr.: 37554883